CONTENTS. PAGE PREFACE The Love Draught. A Tale of the Barrow-Side. By the Author of "High-ways and By-ways" Epigram. By Sir AUBREY DE VERE, Bart. Lines, suggested by a Portrait by C. R. Leslie, R. A. L'Envoi. By WINTHROP MACKWORTH PRAED, Esq. 56 Author of "The Sorrows of Rosalie" Sonnets on Columbus. By Sir AUBREY DE VERE, Bart. Memory. By the Author of "Lillian " A Village Romance. By Miss MITFORD 101 On leaving Scotland. By the Rev. CHARLES HOYLE The Sale of the Pet Lamb. By MARY HOWITT 124 128 180 181 Hymn to Liberty. By W. S. WALKER, Esq. Retrospection. By the Rev. CHARLES HOYLE How shall I woo Her? By the Author of "Lillian" Flodden Field. By D. M. MOIR, Esq. The Ruins of Time. By BARRY CORNWALL Derwent-Water. By the Rev. CHARLES HOYLE The Faery Oath. By MARY HOWITT A Remonstrance. Addressed to a Friend who complained 199 The Chronicle of Angels. By JAMES MONTGOMERY, Esq. The Bachelor's Bridal. By the Author of "Tales of the The Anniversary. By ALARIC A. WATTS To Mrs. Siddons. By JOANNA BAILLIE Sonnet. By Sir AUBREY DE VERE, Bart. The Disciplinarian. By W. MAGINN, Esq. To Octavia. By ALARIC A. WATTS Ullswater. By J. H. WIFFEN, Esq. To an Idiot. By RICHARD HOWITT, Esq. Ithran, the Demoniac. By WILLIAM HOWITT, Esq. Oldbury. By the Rev. CHARLES HOYLE A Sketch from real Life. By ALARIC A. WATTS A Summer Scene. By ROBERT MORRIS, Esq. The Contrast. By WILLIS G. CLARK, Esq. The Neglected Child. By THOMAS H. BAYLY, Esq. LIST OF EMBELLISHMENTS. I.-Mrs. Siddons, in the Character of Lady Macbeth. PAGE 20 a Painting by C. R. LESLIE, R. A. IV. Childe Harold and Ianthe. Engraved by E. V. The Sale of the Pet Lamb. Engraved by VI. The Brigands' Cave. Engraved by CHARLES 217 from a Painting by W. ALLSTON, A. R. A. IX. The Discovery. Engraved by J. GoODYEAR, from a Picture by F. P. STEPHANOFF X.-Viscountess Belgrave. Engraved by ROBERT GRAVES, from a Painting by Sir THOMAS LAWRENCE, P. R. A. XI. The Tournament. Engraved by J. T. WILLMORE, from a Drawing by JOHN MARTIN XII.-La Fille bien Gardée. Engraved by CHARLES ROLLS, from a Painting by A. E. CHALON, R. A. 253 286 325 361 THE LOVE-DRAUGHT. A Tale of the Barrow's Side. BY THE AUTHOR OF "HIGH-WAYS AND BY-WAYS." WHOEVER has journeyed along the banks of the river Barrow, in that part of its course which separates the Queen's County from the county of Kildare, must have remarked the remains of Grange-Mellon, the former residence of the St. Ledger family. The long avenue, choked with grass and weeds,-the wooded grounds, stretching along the river's edge,—the dilapidated gateway and mansion-walls, the loud cawing from the rookery, all combined to mark the place as one which ought to furnish some legend of antiquity and romance. Such was surely to be had there for those who would seek it. But Grange-Mellon is only linked to my memory by an humble love-story of almost modern date, yet tragical enough, heaven knows, to have had its source in the very oldest days of magic and misery. I can state nothing of the tender dames, or youths of gentle blood, who inhabited the castle before it tumbled B |